ecancermedicalscience

ecancermedicalscience considers articles on all aspects of research relating to cancer, including molecular biology, genetics, pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical reports, controlled trials (in particular if they are independent or publicly funded trials), health systems, cancer policy and regulatory aspects of cancer care. Articles focused on under-resourced settings and reducing global inequalities in cancer care and treatment are of particular interest.

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Case Report: Scalp and skull bone metastasis in cervical carcinoma—a rare entity

17 Oct 2019

https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2019.969

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Research: Laparoscopic colectomies associated with decreased retrieval of 12 or more lymph nodes compared to open in elective colon cancer surgery

Yana Puckett, Diana Mitchell, Theophilus Pham

14 Oct 2019

https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2019.968

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Clinical Study: Complete metastasectomy in renal cell carcinoma: a propensity-score matched by the International Metastatic RCC Database Consortium prognostic model

Aline F Fares, Daniel V Araujo, Vinicius Calsavara, Augusto Obuti Saito, Maria Nirvana Formiga, Aldo A Dettino, Stenio Zequi, Walter H da Costa, Isabela W Cunha

14 Oct 2019

https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2019.967

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Review: Effective interventions to improve the health literacy of cancer patients

Loreto Fernández-González, Paulina Bravo-Valenzuela

10 Oct 2019

https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2019.966

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Case Report: A case of Warthin-like papillary thyroid carcinoma with diffuse sclerosing stroma and a novel RET mutation: a new entity or a combined tumour?

Fausto Maffini, Daniele Lorenzini, Daniela Lepanto, Elvio De Fiori, Caterina Fumagalli, Alessandra Rappa, Marta Tagliabue, Massimo Barberis

2 Oct 2019

https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2019.965

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